Kristan Higgins has been one of my favorite contemporary authors for quite a while now. I’ve enjoyed most of the books in her Blue Heron series—as someone who hails from a small town in the northeast, the setting feels very familiar. This latest book was, for me, one of the best in the series. In…
I am really a big fan of Kristan Higgins. I believe that I have read every book she has written and therefore I was really looking forward to her latest in the Blue Heron series set in Manningsport wine country. As per usual, her descriptions are wonderful, the dialogue is witty, but it was the…
”Make ‘em laugh, Make ‘em laugh, don’t you know everyone wants to laugh?” Donald O’Connor immortalized those words in the popular movie Singin’ in the Rain. While they are meant to be comical they contain more than a kernel of truth. Most people do love to laugh, I know I certainly do. And one of…
Sometimes while reading a flawed review book, I take copious notes of the problems I encounter. Other times, I’m so captured by the story that despite its flaws, I just read. The latter happened with The Best Man. Despite problems with plot and characters, I enjoyed this story of a couple from opposite sides of…
As much as I’ve enjoyed Kristan Higgins’ novels, I’ve always been somewhat disappointed by her heroes, finding them too insecure, or willfully obtuse, or remote – until now. The hero of The Best Man is the best man so far, making this latest novel her most enjoyable effort yet. Faith Holland believes that her hometown…